Difference between artificial and natural kidney in points
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Kidney :-
→ Naturally developed excretory organ located in our body.
→ Excretion of urine by kidney is done naturally when bodily fluids are filtered.
→ Have the capacity of reabsorption to maintain ionic balance in the body.
→ Nervous system and hormones stimulate the functioning of kidney.
→ The kidney continuously receives the blood and water,filter them and keep the body away from toxic wastes by the process of excretion.
→ Kidneys comprises of Nephrons.
Artificial kidney :-
→ It is a man made device,
→ This is used for disposal of urine in patients whose kidneys are completely damaged.
→ Reabsorption capacity is not designed in this device.
→ Machine helps in the functioning of device.
→ This device is used for kidney damaged persons only from time to time,under the supervision of a specialist doctor.
→ These contain cellophane tubes.
Artificial kidney is different from natural kidney as the process of reabsorption does not occur in artificial kidney. Normally, in a healthy adult, the initial filtrate in the kidney is about 180 litre daily. However the volume actually excreted is only 1-1.8 L a day. This is because the remaining filtrate is absorbed by the tubules of the kidney. This doesnot happens in the case of artificial kidney.
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